What makes water so special?
Describe the Water Cycle.
What causes the transformation of matter from one state to another?
Guiding Questions
What are the physical properties of water?
What different substances mix with water?
What objects sink or float?
What is precipitation, condensation and evaporation ?
Key Terms
transformation of matter - solid, liquid, gas
properties of matter - color, odor, hardness, taste, etc.
mass, volume and density
solution, mixture, dissolve
temperature
sink, float
evaporation, condensation, precipitation
Harcourt Brace Science text book
Chem 4 Kids - Matter
sciencelearningnetworkwww.sin.org
Water in the City
Museum of Science, Inc./Science Learning Network
Trade books - Library
Grade
4
Big Idea
What makes water so special?Describe the Water Cycle.
What causes the transformation of matter from one state to another?
Guiding Questions
What are the physical properties of water?What different substances mix with water?
What objects sink or float?
What is precipitation, condensation and evaporation ?
Key Terms
transformation of matter - solid, liquid, gasproperties of matter - color, odor, hardness, taste, etc.
mass, volume and density
solution, mixture, dissolve
temperature
sink, float
evaporation, condensation, precipitation
Materials/ Resources Students
Brain Pophttp://www.brainpop.com/science/
Science on Line
http://classroom.jc-schools.net/sci-units/water/matter
http://www.sciencea-zcom/scienceweb/unit/solids,liquids,and gas
http://www.factmonster.com - matter
Materials/ Resources Teachers
Harcourt Brace Science text bookChem 4 Kids - Matter
sciencelearningnetworkwww.sin.org
Water in the City
Museum of Science, Inc./Science Learning Network
Trade books - Library
Websites
www.harcourtschool.comhttp://classroom.jc-schools.net/sci-units/matter.htm#1
Content/ Skills
Assessments
Classroom observationsStudent Outcomes
Measure, describe and compare physical properties of water
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